I cannot get rid of yahoo for search no matter what I;ve tried
I am running windows 7 - FF 14.0.1
I cannot get rid of yahoo for search in search bar and resets to yahoo in search engines pres -no matter what I've tried - I had a YTD youtube downloader addon - i removed it -
I change
about:config
url to
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
when i check again - the damn yahoo is back
i try to change
browser.search.param.yahoo-fr;chr-greentree_ff&ilc=12&type=937811
the system won't let me.change or remove
Do i have to do a TOTAL deinstall and reinstall of FF?
I like FF but if this continues I will have to change to another browser - I've done software since 1978.
I had to --->
Help > Troubleshoot
about:support
Reset Firefox to its default state
If you're having major problems which you can't resolve, start fresh with only your essential information.
then I got my themes addons etc
everything seems to work - but what a pain - I hate yahoo and its spawn babylon - all that add it without permission should be sued for the time effort and aggravation
that they cause - I am tempted to start a boycott!
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